We had an amazing discussion session on the webinar titled ‘Application of constrained optimization to Health Benefits Package (HBP) design’ jointly arranged by The Health Economics Research Network (HERN), ARK Foundation, Centre for Health Economics (CHE), University of York, UK and DiaDeM on April 13, 2023. The session was conducted by Sakshi Mohan, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), University of York. Her research has been focused on developing and applying economic evaluation methods to inform public health... Read more →

Health Economics Research Network (HERN), ARK Foundation, Centre for Health Economics (CHE) of University of York and DiaDem have jointly arranged a webinar on ‘Health Insurance in LMICs: The Solution or A Bad Idea’ on January 10, 2023 at Bangladesh time 7 pm and UK Time.1:00 pm. In this session, we had Abdo Yazbeck as the chief speaker and special guest. He is a Lead Health and Labor Economist with 30 years of work experience in development economics. Through a 22-year career at... Read more →

Health Economics Research Network (HERN), ARK Foundation, Centre for Health Economics (CHE) of University of York and DiaDem jointly arranged a webinar titled “Health Economics Tool’’ on December 7, 2022 at Bangladesh time 7 pm and UK time 1 pm. The webinar session was taken by Professor Tim Ensor and Bryony Dawkins from Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK. The agenda of the session was to discuss the role of health economics in helping to understand and... Read more →

The Health Economics Research Network (HERN) is looking for research proposals from early-career academics and students and essays from undergraduates on topics in the broad field of health economics and public health to celebrate its debut year of operation. Research and essay topic suggestions Tobacco control Mental health Non-communicable diseases Maternal and child health Universal Health Coverage Health care financing Reproductive health The environment and health Health inequality Primary health care Any other health economics-related issues Research Proposals Objective To... Read more →

On September 5, 2022, the Health Economics Research Network (HERN), in collaboration with the ARK Foundation, University of York, RESPIRE, and ASTRA, hosted a workshop on “Policies to Address Smokeless Tobacco Control in Bangladesh” at the Six Seasons Hotel in Dhaka. Public health professionals, representatives of various non-governmental organizations, national and international tobacco control experts, development workers, journalists, and researchers were at the workshop. Kamran Siddiqui, a professor of global public health in the University of York’s Department of Health... Read more →

With the aim of building a resilient health system, ARK Foundation has launched the Health Economics Research Network (HERN) in Bangladesh with the support of the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York, UK. The launching event of the network was held on April 19, 2022 at the Six Seasons Hotel in Dhaka. The network aims to create a platform which will facilitate high quality research in the field of health economics to inform policy and practice in... Read more →

Venue: Conference Room, Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of DMass media were the major source of information about COVID-19. Finances, employment, and physical health were the most frequently mentioned concerns. Overall, participants reported good knowledge and following advice. In Bangladesh, being female and higher levels of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) predicted poor and better knowledge, respectively, while in Pakistan being female predicted better knowledge. Receiving information from television predicted better knowledge in both countries. In Bangladesh, being female,... Read more →